Lets say our carry in a game we are winning, for whatever reason (computer problems etc.), d/cs and is gone for all 5 minutes. If one of the players on the team is skilled enough to play two heroes and give our team hope, why are we not able to use that disconnected hero? Yes, griefers/trolls yada yada, but i mean in a 4v5 situation with ur hard carry dcd late game, ur probably gonna lose anyway. I dont see any reasoning to not let the other players play that hero and give them a chance

Someone who got really pissed off from that person leaving could potentially feed that hero an unlimited number of times so that person who dc'd could be punished with like a 0/100 game for just 1 leave. This griefing potential probably outweighs the benefits of the situation where you have someone who can control 2 heroes at once (almost never).

I could see that. But i mean, whats stopping them from already doing this during the 5 minutes of dc time? if they will grief like this, im sure 5 minutes is enough time to throw a game completely by feeding constantly. If the game hasnt been thrown by then and no one has griefed, giving more time to use the hero or kick the hero for items/gold shouldnt be a bad thing.

I see so you mean the the stats for that hero after the player is dc'd aren't counted for the player? In that case that could only benefit the team as griefing teammates wouldn't gain anything from feeding that hero and having an extra hero to use can only be a good thing. So yeah that sounds like a better system as it helps out teams who are stuck 4v5 with no remake passed because of an early dc.

Yep yep, Then give the team an option to kick the Hero like an AFK kick. For example if the afk hero is a support hero the team doesnt want to bother with, they can kick him and receive the items/gold like they do now.

More often, people leave and disconnect on purpose because they are raging. Leaver percentage is important so that 5 vs 5 games stay 5 vs 5. Its more of punishing players that leave on purpose than those who accidentally lose internet connection or power. (we aren't in the 56k decade anymore, random disconnects are less likely to happen now)